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Saint-Samson (other)
Saint Samson, Saint-Samson, or Saint Sampson may refer to: People *Saint Samson of Dol, born late 5th century in Wales, active there and in Brittany *Saint Sampson the Hospitable (died c. 530), born in Rome, became a citizen of Constantinople and saint of the Eastern Churches Places ''Saint-Samson'' is the name or part of the name of several communes in northern France: * Saint-Samson, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' * Saint-Samson, Mayenne, in the Mayenne ''département'' * Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé, in the Manche ''département'' * Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque, in the Eure ''département'' * Saint-Samson-la-Poterie, in the Oise ''département'' * Saint-Samson-sur-Rance, in the Côtes-d'Armor ''département'' * La Ferté-Saint-Samson, in the Seine-Maritime ''département'' ''Saint Sampson'' is the name of several places (both these named after St Samson of Dol): *Saint Sampson, Guernsey, a parish of Guernsey *St Sampson, Cornwall St Sampson is a civil parish i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson Of Dol
Samson of Dol (also Samsun; born late 5th century) was a Cornish saint, who is also counted among the seven founder saints of Brittany with Pol Aurelian, Tugdual or Tudwal, Brieuc, Malo, Patern (Paternus) and Corentin. Born in southern Wales, he died in Dol-de-Bretagne, a small town in north Brittany. Life The primary source for his biography is the ''Vita Sancti Samsonis'', written sometime between 610 and 820 and clearly based on earlier materials. It gives useful details of contacts between churchmen in Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Samson was the son of Amon of Demetia and Anna of Gwent. His father's brother married his mother's sister so that their son Maglor was Samson's cousin twice over. Due to a prophecy concerning his birth his parents placed him under the care of Illtud, Abbot of Llantwit Fawr, where he was raised and educated. Samson later sought a greater austerity than his school provided, and so moved to Llantwit's daughter house, the island monastery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampson The Hospitable
Sampson the Hospitable ( el, Σαμψὼν ὁ φιλόξενος, ; died 530 AD) was a citizen of Constantinople who devoted his time to serving the poor of the city. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches as well in the Catholic Church. Life Sampson (or Samson) was born in Rome to a prominent family. He was a physician who devoted much of his time to helping the poor and sick. He turned his home into a free clinic, providing his patients with food and lodging as well as medical care. He was later ordained a priest by the patriarch. When the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great became ill he sent for Sampson to cure him. He was the only physician in the city to do the emperor any good, and the emperor wanted to reward him. Sampson requested that the emperor help him establish a new hospital for the poor. With the emperor's assistance, Samson founded the hospital, which became the largest free clinic in the empire and served the people of Constantinople for 600 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Samson, Calvados
Saint-Samson is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Samson, Mayenne
Saint-Samson is a former commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson. 4 December 2015 Its population was 418 in 2019. See also * *Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine
Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park ( Fr.: ''Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine'') is a ...
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Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé
Saint-Samson-de-Bonfossé () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bourgvallées. 9 December 2015 See also *Communes of the Manche department
The following is a list of the 446 Communes of France, communes of the Manche Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque
Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque () is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Eure {{Eure-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Samson-la-Poterie
Saint-Samson-la-Poterie () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Oise {{Oise-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance (, literally ''Saint-Samson on Rance''; br, Sant-Samzun) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Samson-sur-Rance are called ''samsonnais'' in French. See also *Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department The following is a list of the 348 Communes of France, communes of the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References External links * Communes of Côtes-d'Armor {{CôtesArmor-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ferté-Saint-Samson
La Ferté-Saint-Samson is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D61, the D21 and the D921 roads. Population Places of interest * The motte and ruins of a feudal castle. * An old house dating from the sixteenth century. * A nineteenth-century château. * The thirteenth-century chapel of St.Samson. * The church of St.Pierre, dating from the tenth century. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sampson, Guernsey
St Sampson (Guernésiais: ) is a parish of Guernsey, an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, directly north of St Peter Port. It is on the north-west and north-east coasts of the island and is split into two sections, intersected by Vale. The parish has a population of 8,966. Its residents are known as (the Guernésiais for frogs). What is currently the northern boundary of the parish originally ran along the south coast of Le Braye du Valle, a tidal channel that made the northern extremity of Guernsey, Le Clos du Valle, a tidal island. La Braye du Valle was drained and reclaimed in 1806 by the British Government as a defence measure. The eastern end of the former channel became the town and harbour (from 1820) of St. Sampson's, now the second biggest port in Guernsey. The western end of La Braye is now Le Grand Havre. The roadway called The Bridge across the end of the harbour at St. Sampson's recalls the bridge that formerly linked the two parts of Guernsey at high tide. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
